information package assets & services department · assets & services committee – 2...

Information Package

Assets & Services Department 2 September 2014

Assets & Services Committee – 2 September 2014

Contents Pages

Marlborough Roads ........................................................................................................................ 1 Local Road Asset Management Agreement Annual Report – 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 ......................... 1 Mobile Signage ............................................................................................................................................. 12

Rivers and Drainage Section ........................................................................................................ 14 River Works Activity Report .......................................................................................................................... 14

Services and Operations ............................................................................................................... 20 Review of the Effectiveness of the Waste Disposal Levy ............................................................................. 20

Emergency Management Activity Report ...................................................................................... 21 Rural Fire ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 Emergency Management .............................................................................................................................. 22

Reserves and Amenities Section Activity Report ........................................................................... 23 Blenheim Parks and Reserves ...................................................................................................................... 23 Public Conveniences ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Cemeteries .................................................................................................................................................... 25 Swimming Pools ............................................................................................................................................ 25 General.......................................................................................................................................................... 26 Rangers’ Report ............................................................................................................................................ 27 Road Safety Coordinator Update .................................................................................................................. 28 BikeWalk Marlborough .................................................................................................................................. 29

Assets & Services Committee – 2 September 2014 - Page 1

Marlborough Roads

Local Road Asset Management Agreement Annual Report – 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 (Information prepared by F Porter) R800-007-02

Summary Marlborough Roads is now operating in the fourth year of its current five year term expiring on 1 December 2015. This contract includes further rights of renewal.

A new Network Outcomes Contract has seen a reduction in maintenance and pavement renewal costs to the extent that savings have contributed along with other under-expenditures to off-set the substantial overspend of in excess of $2.0m in Emergency Works.

The total Emergency Works expenditure of $2.57m is far in excess of the $500,000 budget. Obviously it is difficult to budget such expenditure however based on historical spends, the budget is inadequate.

The Seddon Earthquakes were a significant disruption to workflows and resulted in further claims against emergency repair costs.

A highlight for the year was completion of the Alabama Road intersection, a project which Marlborough District Council has supported for many years. Also, getting the design complete and construction underway at the Springlands Intersections is receiving community support.

Maintenance and Operations This replacement Network Outcomes Contract runs till 30 June 2018 coinciding with the expiry of the former Marlborough South Area maintenance Contract. The contractor is now a joint venture partnership between HEB Construction Ltd (HEB) and Opus International Consultants (Opus). The HEB/Opus joint venture (HEB Opus JV) is managed directly by Marlborough Roads who are fully responsible for the entire Marlborough region’s network maintenance and operations outcomes without reference to a consultant. Marlborough Roads’ maintenance contract manager is the Engineer’s representative and the Transport Agency provides the Engineer to the Contract role from its national office.

The financial result after the first year of operation of the Network outcomes Contract is a saving of approximately $500,000 in road maintenance costs, $37,000 in routine drainage, $100,000 traffic services, $80,000 in structure maintenance. These are offset by some over expenditures in other areas of the funding assisted Transport Agency programme but deliver an overall $500,000 saving.

Issues have arisen with dust nuisance from logging activities particularly on the Waikakaho Road. A number of short term measures were put in place including use of a water cart. Council now proposes an Otta Seal in 2014/15.


Management and Financial Activity HEB Construction Ltd has successfully completed their first year delivering the Marlborough Network Outcomes Contract (NOC). HEB continue to be increasingly responsive to customer needs. The operation of the NOC Contract Management Board with the inclusion of Council’s Assets and Services Manager as a board member is providing successful governance of the contract.

Council’s customer satisfaction survey rising again this year to 6.88 is showing a consistent and gradual improvement. (6.7 in 2011/12 and 6.8 in 2012/13).

A financial activity summary is appended to this report.

Jul-13

Aug-13

Sep-13

Oct-13

Nov-13

Dec-13

Jan-14

Feb-14

Mar-14

Apr-14

May-14

Jun-14

Budget $392,0 $784,1 $1,176 $1,568 $1,960 $2,352 $2,744 $3,136 $3,528 $3,920 $4,312 $4,705Revised $142,0 $534,1 $926,2 $1,318 $1,710 $2,102 $2,494 $2,886 $3,278 $3,670 $4,062 $4,455Cummulative Total $336,2 $666,7 $947,2 $1,252 $1,612 $2,034 $2,377 $2,781 $3,290 $3,441 $3,802 $4,228

$0.00$500,000.00

$1,000,000.00$1,500,000.00$2,000,000.00$2,500,000.00$3,000,000.00$3,500,000.00$4,000,000.00$4,500,000.00$5,000,000.00

Dol

lars

MDC Subsidised Roading 2013/2014 Maintenance

Actual vs Budget (excl approved FD) incls MDC Direct Costs

Jul-13 Aug-13

Sep-13

Oct-13

Nov-13

Dec-13

Jan-14

Feb-14

Mar-14

Apr-14

May-14

Jun-14

Actual $246,7 $505,1 $777,2 $1,058 $1,373 $1,622 $2,205 $2,906 $3,263 $3,683 $4,337 $4,691Budget $393,7 $787,5 $1,181 $1,575 $1,968 $2,362 $2,756 $3,150 $3,543 $3,937 $4,331 $4,725

$0.00$500,000.00

$1,000,000.00$1,500,000.00$2,000,000.00$2,500,000.00$3,000,000.00$3,500,000.00$4,000,000.00$4,500,000.00$5,000,000.00

Dol

lars

MDC Subsidised Roading 2013/2014 Renewals Actual vs Budget


The Transport Agency’s funding assisted programme is $500,000 under budget representing genuine savings. Despite the significant and necessary over-spend in the Emergency Repairs category the overall operational expenditure is generally within budget. This is despite constrained budgets allocated within the 3-year National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) and representing not insignificant reductions to those adopted in Council’s Roading Asset Management Plan.

Capital under-expenditure has resulted from no planned CBD construction and also an underspend in Roading Related Works and will result in the carry forward of expenditure into 2014/15.

The Minor Safety programme was delivered within budget and included:

• New Renwick Road widening and kerb and channel • Weld Stephenson intersection upgrade • Awatere Valley Road widening • French Pass safety improvements

Major Achievements The roll-out of ultrafast broadband within the Blenheim area is 90% complete and approvals for road footpath and berm restoration for individual “cabinet areas” has commenced. Each of these areas will have a two year warranty period from the date of approval sign-offs.

The new Pine Valley Bridge is complete and is the start of a bridge renewals and upgrades programme on Northbank Road to enable logging vehicles to operate as at full HPMV capability. Operation of HPMV vehicles will limit the number of truck movements and improve freight efficiency.

A further length of the French Pass Road was sealed, funding for which is from a local area road charge and a dollar-for-dollar support from general rates.

On the state highway network, Marlborough District Council funded the Bells/ St Leonards intersection safety improvement work. Construction is well underway on the Springlands Intersections work, also funded by Council.

The three significant highway Projects funded by the Transport Agency were the Alabama Intersection safety improvements, the SH 1 Picton to Blenheim Safety hazard protection work and also construction commenced in January 2014 on the realignment of the SH 1 Dashwood curves including construction of the rail overbridge.

Consultation Marlborough Roads continues to consult across a wide section of the community. Consultation also occurs with stakeholders including regular meetings with Police, Road Transport Association and Automobile Association. From a one network perspective Marlborough Roads has assisted with road network discussions with Nelson City and Tasman District Councils to establish better collaboration. These discussions will continue into the New Year.

Marlborough Roads retains a database of customer interactions received in the office. The summary is attached showing comparison with the previous year.

Category Number of Calls % 2012-13 % 2012-13 % 2011-12 Compliment 41 4% 2% 2% Complaint 116 10% 33% 36% General Communication 0 0% 3% 4% Incident Response 343 30% 37% 28% Planning 27 2% 1% 1% Physical Works 10 1% 3% 5% Request for Service 560 49% 15% 15% Query 32 3% 5% 7% Services Application 9 1% 1% 1%


Safety In line with a national effort to increase safety Marlborough Roads considers safety improvements across both the local road and state highway networks and in doing so is playing a role in reducing fatal and serious crash casualties.

Of note is the continuing downward trend in fatal and serious casualty crashes. These are the crashes which under the Safe System approach various safety initiatives target. Obviously Marlborough Roads cannot take all the credit for the crash reduction as media advertising, media coverage, Police patrols, safer vehicles and other initiatives along with community road safety work undertaken by Marlborough District council all contribute.

Over the five year period 2009 to 2013, there has been a significant reduction in the number of casualties resulting from vehicle crashes in the Marlborough Region. A total of 150 casualties occurred in 2009 (7F, 26SI, 117MI), last year 127 casualties (3F, 10SI, 114MI) were reported (a 15% reduction in crashes over the five year period). The social cost of crashes has reduced from $40 million in 2009 to $18 million last year (a 54% reduction in the social cost of crashes). We are hopeful that through the work of all partners in road safety this downward trend will continue and further reduce the number of fatal and serious casualties on our network. The figures below provide further background safety statistical data.

Safety funding on the State Highway has enabled:

• Installation of right turn bays and roadside ditch piping and protection at Mills and Ford Road/Vickerman Street on SH 1, Grovetown.

• Improved curve delineation on SH 63 and on SH 6 at Pelorus. • Barrier protection at Tetley Brook on SH 1 and Neumann Creek on SH 6. • Pedestrian and cycling improvements at Westward roundabout, SH 6. • Culvert extensions on SH 6 at Pelorus. • SH 6/SH 62 Intersection Improvements. • SH 1/SH 62 Spring Creek Intersection Investigation

Fig 1 – Casualties resulting from all crashes 2009-2013

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Cas

ual

ties

Casualties resulting from all crashes 2009-2013

Fatal Serious Minor


Fig 2 – Social cost of all crashes 2009-2013 ($M)

Fig 3. Fatal and serious crashes split by local/state highway network

Fatal, 120.48, 44%

Serious, 94.42, 34%

Minor Injury, 34.52, 12%

Non-injury, 27.52, 10%

Social cost of all crashes 2009-2013 $M

2

2

1

7

0 2 4 6 8

Local road

State highway

Numbers of F&S crashes

LRd S

H s

plit

F&S crash environment Urban/rural State highway/local road

Open Road

Urban


Parking Management The Parking Enforcement and Maintenance Contract with Armourguard Security is operating well. Through a concerted effort, public complaints have been minimal. All complaints are carefully investigated and have been found to be baseless or have occurred through a genuine error by a warden. Wardens carry voice-activated recording devices which are downloaded and are reviewed if an on-street incident occurs.

Despite occasional glitches, parking meter reliability is meeting performance measures required by the contract. A separate parking report has been prepared for Council.

Staff Marlborough Roads’ staff has been unchanged during the last year.

The administrative assistant position (fixed term) has provide much needed office support and is under review as part of a wider Transport Agency Central Region administration review. The outcome of the Review is likely to perpetuate this position but not change overall staff numbers and therefore have no effect on the Local Road Asset Management Agreement (LRAMA) fee for Marlborough Roads services.

The new staff positions of Journey manager, Maintenance Contract Manager, Network Manager and Network Technician replacing former asset management positions have landed well with roles becoming better defined. There are still some “stress” areas where resources aren’t quite matched with roles, however, as experience is gained and more administrative tasks delegated, the staff resource is gradually becoming reasonably balanced.

Office staff have continued to spend time working with communities to ensure wherever practicable their expectations are met.

There have been significant changes to the Marlborough Roads team over this period. The Transport Agency’s 2012/13 Maintenance Operations Review which included the roll-out of the OMC contract also affected positions within the Asset Management team led by Steve Murrin. Both Steve Murrin and Wayne Oldfield had their positions disestablished, however I am pleased to note new positions were offered to and accepted by both these affected staff members early in July 2013.

As at 30 June 2013 the staff comprised:

• Frank Porter - Highway manager (Marlborough Roads) • Steve Murrin - Journey Manager • Wayne Oldfield - Maintenance Contract Manager • Stefan Sanders - Network Manager • Chris Parnell - Network Technician • Andrew Adams - Senior Project Manager (complex) – has responsibility for Top of the South • Andrew James - Senior Safety Engineer - has responsibility for Top of the South • Debbie Topliss - Senior Administration Officer • Kaye Smith - Customer Services Officer (commenced 4 August 2013) • Chelsea van der Burgh - Administration Assistant (12 month fixed term) • Sandra Boyd - Parking Administrator

Conclusion Marlborough Roads is well positioned to proceed into the 2014/15 year.

The Maintenance and Operations programme was delivered well within budget, a very successful result in times of budget constraint.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Mayor, Councillors and Council staff for their continued support.


Mobile Signage (Information prepared by Alec McNeil) W300-006-008-01

Background The current waste management and minimisation services contractor operates six vehicles on the kerbside collection routes Monday to Friday. The vehicles have the contractor details on the truck cab but the body of the vehicle is effectively a blank canvas (white in colour).

Part of the contractor’s tender submission was a proposal to utilise these vehicles as mobile billboards to display Council information in relation to waste, recycling and other activities.

The billboard would be installed on the vehicle body on the driver’s side and would take the form of a template suited to Council’s branding. The template could be in the form of a noticeboard or blackboard for example. The template would remain permanent on the vehicle with an expected lifespan of up to 12 months.

Superimposed on the template would be the actual message. The period the actual message remains on the vehicle would be dependent on the information being supplied but is likely to be no more than four weeks at a time. Changes between messages will have to include the visual appearance to ensure the new information is distinct and noticeable and doesn’t just become background signage.

Comments Other than the visually impaired this mobile billboard could be effective in reaching parts of the community who don’t use the traditional media or have access to the internet. There is no barrier between the message and the person seeing it and no active step is needed by the audience.

The cost per billboard is in the region of $1500 (GST excl). The cost per information message is in the region of $400 (GST excl). Cost control could be provided from the solid waste function.

Allocation of slots on the billboards could be controlled via an annual timetable or something similar with statutory events such as the annual plan given pre-set priority.

This option is an additional source of advertising information from Council to the community.

Summary There is an opportunity to use the kerbside collection vehicles as mobile billboards with an annual cost in the region of $6,300 per vehicle if the message sign is changed once per calendar month.


Sign Template Examples


Rivers and Drainage Section

River Works Activity Report (Information prepared by Geoff Dick, Brin Williman, Roger Fitzgerald, Steve Bezar, Kevin McFall, David Aires, Jan van der Vliet) R700-014-01

Wairau River Stopbank and berm mowing has commenced and the majority of berm willow planting (approx. 3,000 poles) has been completed. Fencing and access improvements into river berms and onto stopbanks have been completed at Hillocks Road.

Rivers staff have provided advice and assistance to landowners upstream of Waihopai confluence with innovative techniques being employed to provide river protection solutions.

Wairau Floodplain and Tributaries Omaka River A series of jobs (x17) has been completed to help remediate some of the adverse effects of the recent flood events (of April and June 2014) downstream of Hawkesbury Road. This has included some diversions and beaching works, some rock work and some planting.

Rivers staff have also been working hard with landowners to develop cost-effective river control solutions between Hawkesbury Road Bridge and Tyntesfield Road Bridge. Works are currently in progress with 7 landowners carrying out works at 13 sites with an estimated total value of $300,000.

Rivers staff have proffered further advice and design considerations for river works to Marlborough Roads and other landowners.

Tuamarina River A site inspection has noted erosion and slumping of the channel edge on both banks below Tuamarina Village. The left bank in particular will require rock protection and rubble infill to ensure the erosion does not threaten the main stopbank adjoining SH 1.

Gibsons Creek (just downstream of Waihopai intake) River intake reinstatement works at Southern Valleys intake carried out on 8/7/2014 and Gibsons on 28 July 2014.

15 Valley Stream A stand of 14 mature pine trees is programmed for removal from within the floodway. Property owners have expressed concern regarding possible damage to new buildings within the Cloudy Bay Estate from falling trees.

Wither Hills Mapps Stream Restoration of rock drops and some additional debris clearance work has been undertaken.

This year marks the start of a revitalised works programme for the next 10 years. $24,000 has been spent on new mobile cattle yards. Nassella tussock control is ongoing and nearing completion for this year’s season. This year the use of Taskforce herbicide has been incorporated into the control works. To date over 18,600 plants have been treated.


Taylor River – Burleigh to Dam The first phase of the flood damage repairs following the June event is complete. This has included repairing eroded banks with rock rip rap, rebuilding drops and fords, tree and flood debris removal, channel works (at Wither Rd Ford and for Blenheim Riverside Railway Bridge site), and making more permanent repairs at Burleigh entrance to Pony Club.

Surveying for the design of the proposed new rock wall at Benmorven Road has been commissioned.

Drainage Lower Opawa River A large wind blown gum tree blocking the channel in the Hardings Road area has been removed.

Poplar regrowth is also being removed within an esplanade strip.

Taylor River: Town Area Purkiss Street stopbank upgrade A satisfactory agreement has been negotiated with subdividers developing a block of land at the south end of Purkiss Street. Council has obtained sufficient reserve land to provide for:

1. Stopbank improvements and realignment of the left stopbank of Doctors Creek for a 100 m length downstream of Camerons Creek.

2. Provision of a widened access along the top of the new stopbank to service any future pumping station on Camerons Creek.

Taylor Floodway - Riparian Plantings in Lee Street/Monro Street area. Flood flows in the Taylor have damaged the previously prepared bank edges set aside for planting programmes. Excavation and reshaping is being urgently undertaken now ground conditions are suitable.

Stormwater pumping stations Dillons Point pumps The second stage PPF 12/14 flood pump has been refurbished with new lower end components. This station now has two fully reconditioned pumps installed and operational with the third pump undergoing a full recondition also. New cast iron sections have been fitted below water line and all components two-pot epoxy coated for additional protection.

General A post winter clean up of pump station interiors has been undertaken and bait stations replenished.

Drainage maintenance Consultation progress on drainage extension project.

Meet with Marlborough Lines as to cabling, retaining walls and culverts on Murrays Road drains.

Meet with Regulatory staff in relation to proposed wetlands on scheduled drains.

Check and clear culvert blockage on Pa drain.

Various drain clearance works ie; willow removal, culvert clearance, grass cutting/access.

Check Cow Creek diversion at Tuamarina.

Meet Fish and Game and discuss on site weed management in the Spring Creek catchment.

Weed rake algal growth from Jeffries Road drain and pumphouse area.


Riverlands Floodway stopbank upgrading Floodway land purchase - industrial area A recent meeting by staff with landowners and surveyors has resulted in major agreement being reached and it is anticipated that floodway land purchase will be able to be settled shortly. This has been a complicated and protracted negotiation with the industrial site developers since 2007, caused primarily by the economic downturn and alterations to subdivisional proposals.

Floodway Reserves • Reserve 49 at the Taylor River Omaka aerodrome area has been cleared of weeds internal fences

and debris, cultivated and prepared for drilling of a crop in conjunction with the lessee, Omaka Aviation Heritage Trust.

• Reserve 32, Upper Opawa River has been slash mown, and trees/debris piled to burn in preparation for cultivation, sowing and leasing.

• Reserve 47e, Upper Opawa River has had broom sprayed and mown in preparation for leasing.

• A pump test has been undertaken at Reserve 42 with assistance provided with pump discharge line and access.

• Reserves 79 and 80 Upper Wairau Diversion have been leased for grazing and cropping.

• Remove 12 vandalized walnut trees from Wairau berm to sawmill.

• Progress Elm and river reserve management at RSA Olive Grove, Burleigh Bridge with adjacent residents and RSA members.

• Arrange the introduction of a queen bee breeding site at a Wairau River Reserve, following an approach from a local apiarist.

• Install new gate at Taylor Dam and pile and burn debris.

• Replant with cypress logged site at Gibsons Road on the Tuamarina. Track and infill replacement planting of Hillocks Road and Jeffries Road sites.

Picton, Sounds and Awatere Sounds Ngakuta Bay Rockwork damage has been reinstated in the western channel. Problems with machinery access and inappropriate riparian plantings have become apparent and some flax clumps will need removal to provide for flood flows and prevent stopbank overtopping in the upper reaches.

In discussion with landowners it is apparent that some improvements to the flood capacity of the stream channels down to the DOC foreshore could be undertaken provided finance is available. At present riparian vegetation is severely impeding flood flows with the channel only at about 50% capacity.

Investigations and Planning Redwood Street and Town Branch Drain Stormwater Upgrade – hydraulic modelling and options costing • Closed Request of Tender was sent out on 11 August 2014. Submissions of Tender are expected on

the 10 September with an anticipated contract award date being 24 September 2014.


Wairau River Lower Floodplain land – proposed drainage extension • Council maintains some 150 km of community drainage channels in the area for land drainage and

partial flood mitigation purposes. Most of the proposed drain extensions already exist and are connected to the Council maintained drainage network.

• A draft report has been completed to be presented to the Assets & Services Committee to inform on the preliminary findings of: current drainage network and associated LoS, proposed changes and upgrades, related costs and maintenance implications and to seek endorsement on the proposed consultation strategy.

Havelock, 1 and 1A Wilson Street – construction of box culvert, earthworks and access road in un-named creek

• Agreement has been reached with the landowner with regards to the design and cost sharing of the construction costs. The negotiations on obtaining an easement along the creek are ongoing which are expected to be completed by the end of September 2014.

• A construction specification has been completed and a request for quotes, from three different contractors, will be sent towards the second half of August 2014.

Cross Section Surveys – Upper Taylor and Omaka River • Three quotes have been received from separate survey contractors in Blenheim. It is expected that

the contract will be awarded by the 22nd August 2014 with an anticipated completion date of November 2014.

Caseys and Fulton Creek Water Level Management Programme: • Weekly (minimum) readings are being collected to feed into the ground water monitoring and

modelling project in relation to stormwater infiltration capability in Blenheim.

• Pattle Delamore & Partners are the lead consultants on the project on behalf of the Rivers & Drainage and Stormwater Sections. The project is being managed through the departments’ Stormwater Action Group (SAG).

Caseys Creek – Plan Change 64 • A project plan is being prepared and drafted to address the stormwater outfall upgrades required for

the approved re-zoning to the north of the Old Renwick Road.

• Initial hydrological and hydraulic investigations were completed in 2013. Caseys Creek widening, bed level gradient re-grading, culvert upgrades and pump station upgrades were identified at the time. These initial outcomes require developing to a preliminary design with costings. These tasks are anticipated to be completed by the end to the financial year.

Tsunami Generation – Southern Hikurangi Sub-Duction Zone • Council, in partnership with Nelson City Council, Tasman District Council, Greater Wellington

Regional Council and Christchurch City Council (led), have appointed GNS to investigate the extent of potential sub-duction zone rupture (earthquake) into Cook Straight and the Taranaki Bight.

• Outcomes of the analysis can then be fed into a “tsunami generating hydraulic model” to assess in more detail the impact / risk of a tsunami Councils’ coast communities and environment. NIWA could be a suitable and appropriate organisation to be engaged for this phase.

• The outcomes of these analyses will allow us to develop appropriate information publications, eg; warning signs/procedures, web site information and evacuation procedures for effected communities, eg; Rarangi.


• The GNS final report is expected by the end of September 2014. The second phase of analysis, ie; hydraulic modelling has not been finalised yet with regards to resources and time-line.

Gravel Extraction • Gravel extraction figures for the four month period up to 30 June 2014 is as follows:

Wairau River Reach (Waihopai River confluence to the Ferry Road Bridge), where annual allocation has been reduced to 121,500 m3 for 2014/15.

30,926 m3 (25.4 % of annual allocation)

Other rivers within in the district (incl. Sounds, Upper Wairau & Awatere) 20,850 m3

Total to date for the Marlborough District 51,776 m3

• There has been increased gravel extraction activity in July and August. Extraction figures will be available in next report.

• During August the gravel that had been washed into the throat of the Wairau Diversion, immediately upstream of SH 1, was pushed up by MDC contractors, Simcox Construction. This gravel (4025 m3) was subsequently removed by Gill Construction for processing as part of their normal annual gravel allocation.

• This activity was carried out to fulfil our requirement under resource consent U090138 to maintained flows down the Wairau Diversion. It was also an opportune time to clear blockages from the Tuamarina River mouth. The effectiveness of the Tuamarina mouth and the flows down the Wairau Diversion has been significantly improved.

• Stockpile sales for March 2014 – June 2014 are: Nil.

• Below is a plot of gravel extraction in the Wairau River for the ‘Waihopai confluence to the Ferry Bridge’ reach. The allocation has been reduced from 245,000 m3/year in 2012/13 to 121,500 m3/year for 2014/15.


Quarries Pukaka The Quarry is busy producing rock for MDC river control works and for MDC BSTPU sewerage pond bunding with shot firing and sorting on a regular basis.


Services and Operations

Review of the Effectiveness of the Waste Disposal Levy (Information prepared by Alec McNeil) W300-006-013-01

Purpose The purpose of this report is to highlight to the committee the above information released by the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) in August 2014.

Background The Waste Disposal Levy is a $10 per tonne charge imposed on the gate fee at Bluegums Landfill. The proceeds from this levy are sent to the MfE on a monthly based. Between July 2009 and June 2014 Marlborough made $1,847,478 in levy payments.

The proceeds from the levy are split into three areas: central government levy administration cost, return levy payments to territorial authorities, and the Waste Minimisation Fund. To date Council has received $584,620.40 in levy payments and $120,000 from the Waste Minimisation Fund.

The levy payments made to Council as a territorial authority have been used to support the Resource Recovery Centre operating cost. The payments received through the waste minimisation fund have been used in a business resource efficiency programme working with the wine, forestry and fishing sectors.

Comments Abridged extract from MfE information release:

The Minister for the Environment has this week published the ‘Review of the effectiveness of the waste disposal levy, 2014 ’. The 2014 review of the effectiveness of the waste disposal levy was completed on 1 July 2014.

The focus of the 2014 levy review was on whether the levy is being applied fairly and correctly, and how to ensure a level playing field for those paying the levy. Another priority was to assess the impact that levy funding is having. At the current rate of $10 per tonne (plus GST) the levy generates about $25 million each year. Half of this money is distributed to territorial authorities for waste minimisation initiatives. The rest (minus administration costs) is allocated to projects through the Waste Minimisation Fund (WMF).

The levy is currently only applied to an estimated 30 per cent of total waste disposal of to land.

The main recommendations of the review are to:

• Improve the quality and quantity of waste data • Ensure the levy is applied consistently by disposal facility operators • Improve the coverage of the levy • Better measure and evaluate the outcomes of levy funding • Ensure funding is available for New Zealand’s strategic waste priorities • Improve our understanding of the incentives for waste minimisation • Promote user-pays pricing systems for waste disposal.

The review recommendations will now form the basis of the Ministry’s work plan to improve the effectiveness of the waste disposal levy.

Summary The Waste Disposal Levy Review 2014 is now complete. No immediate action is required by Council.

http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/waste/waste-disposal-levy-review/2014-review.html

http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/waste/waste-disposal-levy-review/2014-review.html


Emergency Management Activity Report (Information prepared by John Foley/Gary Spence) E200-001-003-04, E200-002-006-03

Rural Fire The rail corridor is a well-known hazard for fires started by trains; this fire occurred Sunday 17 August in the afternoon.

It was started by a south bound train pulling to the highest point of the hill which is where the new tunnel and over bridge is being constructed north of Seddon. Climbing this incline requires the engine to be working under load pulling the train; from time to time they push out hot carbon which sets fire to the dry grass next to the tracks.

Luckily it wasn’t summer and didn’t spread onto the hill.

Fire crews have attended a number of vegetation calls in the areas of Picton, Blenheim and Seddon, along with a house fire on the Redwood Pass Road.

Training All crews continue to run their own trainings along with the higher level unit standard training provided by the fire authority.

The weekend of the 23 August will see structural fire training given to our rural crews teaching them how they can attack or protect external exposures of a building without entering it.

We have built a new training facility at Base Woodbourne with the cooperation of the RNZAF and Kiwi Rail that provided the containers. This complex will be made available to the fire service to carry out Breathing Apparatus (BA) training when and if required.

One advantage of this complex is we now have the ability to use it all year round regardless of the fire season as we are using a water vapor fog generator which makes smoke but doesn’t require lighting any material.

Community Engagement Close cooperation continues with the fire service in the production and delivery of key fire smart messages to the rural communities, it is planned to deliver the Fire Smart programme to the French Pass community on September 8.

The fire authority will shortly commence a Fire Publicity Campaign advising people who have material to burn now is the time to do it, material must be dry and fall within the rural burning guide.

Once again it is planned to be restrictive in issuing fire permits once we reach a restricted fire season and over the Christmas break.


Emergency Management Monthly Incident Management Team (IMT) training continues with numbers slowing building which is great to see.

Teams have been looking at their functional roles within the sections such as Planning, Operations and Logistics. At a recent Controller meeting it was suggested it may be possible for a short flooding scenario to be presented to the IMT giving them the opportunity to work their way through it using the rivers section to provide the information. This will be followed up with Geoff to sort a suitable time.

Neighbourhood Support Work continues in establishing street coordinators along with radio and newspaper ads.

A joint CDEM and Neighbourhood Support stand was set up at the recent Health and Safety Expo in the Convention Centre.

Although numbers of interested people were low it was an opportunity to push the preparedness message.

Other work programmes such as updating contact lists, The Tsunami Response plan and Fuel Storage plan are on track.

Readiness & Response Group Meeting Every quarter the response agencies meet to discuss events that have occurred and to make sure as agencies we are all ready to respond to events in a coordinated and timely fashion. A meeting was held at council on the 20 August where the Assets and Services section presented to the group as lead agency during a flood event and the actions and processes that are carried out to assist the decision making process for a flood response. This was an excellent presentation by all the staff involved, feedback from those present has been extremely positive about the highly trained and experienced staff that will lead these events.

It was also an opportunity to discuss how as agencies we share information between us all keeping everyone in the loop as an event unfolds.

Controllers’ meeting A Controller meeting was also held on the 20 August at the EOC, presentations from the EMIS User Group Rep and members of the Public Information Management group provided the Controllers an insight as to how both of these functions will operate during an emergency.

Once again we thank all staff who provided presentations that we presented at a high level.

Other items discussed were the declaration process for emergencies, layout and activation of the EOC, training programmes, ten year exercise programme and a presentation from John Lovell of the MCDEM on the response to Cyclone Ita on the West Coast of the South Island.


Reserves and Amenities Section Activity Report (Information prepared by Rosie Bartlett, Robert Hutchinson, Robin Dunn, Nic Crous, Elisha Oldridge, Robyn Blackburn, Murray Morgan) R510-009-000-01

Blenheim Parks and Reserves Pollard Park Staff had a great public participation for the three days of rose and hydrangeas pruning demonstrations at Pollard Park. Public were invited to come learn how to prune and ask any questions about rose pruning during these three days.

All roses now pruned, rose beds weeded and old dead leaves taken away.

All annual beds in Pollard have been weeded and hoed.

The border gardens are currently undergoing maintenance.

Oliver Park Staff and Councillor Shenfield meet with representatives of Plunket Marlborough to discuss the future of the junior play area. Replacement equipment and surface matting is required. This replacement is not currently funded.

Whitehead Park Contractors have completed and upgrade of the irrigation system operating on the Croquet Lawns.

College Park Contractors have removed the garage from the front of the Park enhancing public visibility of the Hockey turf and roller skating rink.

Taylor Dam Work has begun to enlarge the parking area at the entrance road to the Dam to allow camper vans to easily park and manoeuvre.

Eric Young Reserve Gardens in the park are getting a makeover; older scrubby material is being removed and replaced with new plant material and fresh bark.

Wither Hills Farm Park Events The farm park continues to receive high user numbers and tracks and trails are holding up well with drier conditions over recent weeks. A number of larger events are being run in the farm park including the Duathlon Winter Series, School and Marlborough Cross Country, Harrier and Airforce events.

Mountain Bike and Walking Track Upgrade and Additional Signage Mountain bike trail closures have been minimal over the last two months and additional upgrade work is planned along the Rifle Range Trail.

Improvement work is also planned on a number of trails within the Mountain Bike Park so trails are more sustainable long term and will require less remedial work.


New Mountain bike trails are also being investigated and these will be used to a trails development plan, programme and budget for the farm park. A report to Council is proposed at a future meeting to present this information.

Renwick Reserves Renwick Domain Staff have met with both the Renwick Recreation Association and the Giesen Sport Centre Board to discuss the progress of amalgamation between the two bodies.

Staff also met with representatives of Scouting NZ to discuss Council’s application to hold the 2016/17 National Scout Jamboree here in Marlborough.

Kowhai Reserve The planned replacement of impact surfacing in this playground is due to begin shortly.

Rousehill Reserve The planned replacement of impact surfacing in this playground is due to begin shortly.

Vorbach Reserve This little reserve (predominantly playground) is evidently enjoyed by locals and seldom shows any sign of vandalism.

Awatere and Flaxbourne Reserves Awatere Discussions with the Awatere community on the future of their community facilities are continuing. There has been positive feedback from this process and a number of people have been in contact with the team requesting the opportunity to have their say.

A new proposed bus shelter for Seddon has been discussed with local residents, the bus company and Marlborough Roads. The site has been agreed to sit parallel to the new toilet facility. The previous bus shelter was connected to the toilet which got damaged in the Seddon earthquake. The new shelter can be funded from carry-over budgets. Alternative quotes have been sought for a pre-manufactured kitset model.

Picton Reserves Endeavour Park Work has begun on the second stage of the gravel banding at the Park. Banding will be undertaken on the far upper section and the lower section close to Waikawa Road.

Staff have meet with the new board of the Endeavour Pavilion, who outlined their direction for the building.

Queen Charlotte Lookout Weed eradication on the steep slopes below the lookout is underway.

Picton Foreshore The first stage of the lighting upgrade on the foreshore is being planned and the draft proposal has been discussed with the Picton Business Group. A consultant has been appointed to project-manage the upgrade and it is expected that the project will begin early in 2015.

Shelley Beach Opus has been contracted to provide options to arrest the issue of erosion of the grassed area on the shoreline of Shelley Beach.


Public Conveniences Picton High Street The ongoing vandalism of doors at this location seems to have abated.

Shelley Beach An upgrade of this facility is currently in the planning stage for a new facility planned for next year.

Harling Park The metal-clad doors of this unit were suffering from internal rot and have been replaced free-of-charge by the suppliers of the facility.

Nelson Street/Beaver Road As per Harling Park, the metal-clad doors of this unit were suffering from internal rot and have been replaced free-of-charge by the suppliers of the facility.

Seddon Good comment has been received from the travelling public about the provision and cleanliness of this facility.

Cemeteries Fairhall The boundary between the traditional cemetery and the Natural Burials area has now been planted-up with native plants and will be given irrigation to help establish it. The planned memorial/niche wall is currently in a design detail stage with Smart Alliances.

Awatere The funding available for part-payment of earthquake-damaged memorials in Seddon cemetery has been advertised in the local press and the MDC page of the Marlborough Express. The funding is open to application for a period of 60 days.

Picton The planned memorial restoration project is in an early stage of identification to determine which memorials will have the benefit of restoration first.

Omaka The removal of the old sexton house is continuing.

Swimming Pools Picton Pool A new contract is being negotiated with Queen Charlotte College.

Seddon Pool Work on the rebuild of the Seddon Pool buildings and repair of the concrete surrounds is continuing. It is estimated that the work will be finished by October for the summer season.


General Street Tree and Street Plot Contract Upgrade and replanting of the CBD street plots is underway and will be completed well before this year’s Garden Marlborough.

Street tree planting will also commence shortly with 120 trees being planted.

As per the agenda item, it is proposed to improve the visual amenity of Blenheim’s town entrances, commencing with Grove Road. This will involve working with property and business owners.

Footpath Clearance – Overhanging Growth Follow-up Nelmac have recently pruned back vegetation from 56 private property street frontages that remain non-compliant. An invoice for the cost of this work and an explanation letter will be sent to each property owner to recoup expenses.

School Spring Planting Programme Eight schools will be involved in planting projects during September. This will include:

Taylor Project Riparian Planting – 900 eco sourced plants being planted by: Springlands Whitney Street Redwoodtown Mayfield

Kahikatea Reserve – 1600 eco sourced plants to be planted by: Spring Creek School

Koromiko Reserve – 1000 eco sourced plants to be planted by: Picton School

Anakiwa Corner – to be planted by: Linkwater School

Havelock Estuary – to be planted by: Havelock School

Link Pathway A meeting to progress the proposed boardwalk section of the Link pathway, connecting Havelock to the Estuary path is planned. The Havelock Community Association is driving this project however is working closely with the Link Pathway Trust and Rick, also DOC, Iwi and Port Marlborough.

Picton Walking and Mountain Bike Tracks and Trails A meeting was held in Picton to discuss ideas for Mountain Bike trail development and facilities. Twenty five attended the meeting at Endeavour Park Pavilion and Chris Mildon’s report and trail suggestions were tabled.

Having easy trails that will appeal to a wide audience was suggested by Chris. He proposed two well graded loop trails taking in the highlights and views around the Sounds. This would offer great riding opportunities for visitors to Picton and locals alike.

Good feedback resulted from the meeting and the report’s trail suggestions received unanimous support.

A working group is envisaged and funding avenues are being investigated to progress trail development.


Rangers’ Report (Information prepared by M Morgan/K Hawkins) R510-006-02 & R510-005-04

Graffiti

General Illegal dumpings and greenwaste have been average too low for the last month.

There have been a number of incidents of persons cutting trees for firewood on the Wairau River Protection Reserve. Any persons apprehended are informed of the rules and in some cases made to unload the wood from their vehicles and trespassed from the area. One local person was apprehended cutting wattle and further inquiries revealed he was selling it from his residential address.

There was a large increase in the number of Graffiti hits during July; this was around the central Blenheim area. Three persons have since been spoken to by the Police and are facing charges in relation to the tagging.

Freedom Camping Freedom Camping statistics are very low at present; however one local man has been issued with five infringement notices since December 2013. He was given verbal and written warning under the Freedom Camping Act and after this was located sleeping in his bus on Stephenson Street adjacent to Horton Park. The bus was subsequently seized and impounded. (It is also noted that the bus had a green sticker attached to the window in March 2014 by the Police and it was not to be driven on a road until a Certificate of Fitness had been issued - the last Certificate of Fitness was issued 14 years ago).


Road Safety Coordinator Update (Information prepared by Robyn Blackburn) R800-005-03

Safety of Motorcycles Planning for a ‘Motorcycle Show’ day is currently underway. NZTA and ACC have indicated they would be happy to present at the event to promote rider safety.

A decision has been made through the Top of the South Strategy group to offer subsidies to riders who choose to take up rider training courses currently being offered by ACC and other organisations rather than compete for numbers.

Alcohol/Drug Impaired Driving Senior students through College and SADD promotion are currently working on submitting Know Your Limit poster designs for the upcoming campaign. The brief is to design a poster that is suitable for all licenced premises all the time rather than some of the more harsher posters that were distributed last year that were not suitable for display during ‘family’ hours.

Roads and Roadsides A radio campaign is currently underway focusing on ‘Stop Sign Jumpers’ following publicity and police reporting on the number of people moving through stop signs without stopping. Key rings with this message will also be given away at the Health and Safety Expo on 15 August in conjunction with the public having the opportunity to test their driving skills on a driving simulator.

Rural road loss of control and head – on crashes has been identified by New Zealand Transport Agency as a focus for our region through the next three years.

Safety of Young Drivers Learner’s and Restricted Driving workshops were completed in July with mixed results considering to date we have had high test pass rates.

Of the 22 students who attended the workshop, 11 passed their test, three did not sit their test, and eight failed the test. Those that failed were from our Pacifika Community and language difficulties were recognised early on in the workshop. As a result Supporting Families, the Police and Council will meet to plan a way forward for future workshops.

Thirteen students attended the Restricted Driving workshop and to date none have sat and passed the harder practical test. However this typically will take longer to assess achievement because of longer wait time to sit tests.


BikeWalk Marlborough (Information prepared by R Dunn) C230-001-B03

Below are the latest minutes.

File Ref: C230-001-B03

Minutes of BikeWalk Marlborough Meeting held in the Committee Room, Marlborough District Council on Tuesday, 19 August 2014

commencing at 1.00 pm

Present Clr Terry Sloan (Chair) Clr Laressa Shenfield, Robin Dunn (BikeWalk Marlborough Co-ordinator/Reserves Officer), Stefan Sanders (NZTA/Marlborough Roads), Ray Clearwater (RideOn Group), Sonya Sutherland (Sport Tasman Marlborough/RideOn Group), Duncan Mackenzie (Go Marlborough/Top of the South Events), Jo Hill (Wine Tours by Bike), Kevin Wilson (Marlborough Mountain Bike Club) and Peter Halligan from 1.50 pm.

In Attendance Beate Gregory (Secretary, MDC).

Apologies Andrew James (NZTA/Marlborough Roads), Robyn Blackburn (MDC Road Safety Co-ordinator), Lynne Haines (Avantiplus Blenheim), Karen Walshe and Dave Craig.

Apologies Accepted Terry Sloan/Laressa Shenfield: That the apologies be accepted.

Confirmation of Previous Minutes Duncan Mackenzie/Laressa Shenfield: That the minutes of the meeting held on 1 July 2014 be confirmed subject to changing the wording on page 3 from “It was noted that Council approved a $70.000 events fund” – to “It was noted that Council approved a $75.000 events fund”.

Matters Arising – Action Points • Approach Brayshaw Park for Road Safety Training Circuit – Laressa contacted the Upper Hutt

City Council that has a very good road safety training circuit set up. When the design was set to scale it became apparent that Brayshaw Park has not enough space for a circuit. Athletic Park is now being considered as other cycling facilities, such as a pump track, could also be located there. For funding Robin suggested to approach businesses, such as Harcourt’s, who sponsored the Upper Hutt facility.


• Update on two new bridges (Wairau & Grove) – Nil update – Andrew from NZTA could not attend.

• Proposal for Gates at Taylor River –The Rivers Section at Council advised that the car park at the Wither Road extension will be re-done within the next 12-18 months, at which stage the proposal for gates could be looked at.

Marlborough Roads/NZTA, project and operational update – Stefan Sanders, Road Safety Engineer, NZTA

• The pedestrian refuge crossing at the Weld/ Stephenson Street corner has been completed. Seddon and Havelock are still work in progress.

• A part extension to the foot path on the southern side of Middle Renwick Road towards PAK’nSAVE is planned.

• Together with Robin, Stefan inspected cracked footpaths and troublesome trees along upper Scott Street. A program to resurface some of these footpaths has been put into place and replacement of trees as budget allows.

• Good feedback has been received on the Springlands roundabouts and crossings.

Road Safety Coordinator and Schools Working Group update – Robyn Blackburn – Recycled Bikes Update, by Rob Dunn on Robyn’s behalf

• The Men’s Shed is fixing up 25 + bikes donated by the Police. The bikes are repaired and checked by a qualified bike mechanic before being sold to different Groups/Organisation for a price of $25, which covers the mechanics check. The bikes are proving very popular with numerous groups seeking them. One exceptional bike was in great condition and sold for $600.00, with half of this going to the Men’s Shed towards the cost of repairing the bikes. Robyn has done an excellent job in getting his initiative underway and it is utilising this resource of older bikes and getting more people on bikes.

RideOn Marlborough Programme and Community Hubs, Sport Tasman Update –Sonya Sutherland • RideOn is applying to Kiwi Sport for funding for 2015; this being the fourth year the programme has

been running. The aim is for 300 or more school children to be put through the cycle safety program during the year, and this has been achieved each year to date. BWM will contribute a similar figure to this programme to last year, being $8311.00.

• The Winter Explorer competition has proved popular with over 500 people signed up. DOC has approached Sonya to tie a similar event in with their Summer Explorer series.

Events, Promotion, Education and Community Activities update - Lynne Haines, Duncan McKenzie, Kevin Wilson or others

• Come Cycling Marlborough are organising “an introduction to track cycling” event on Sunday from 1.00 to 3.00 pm at Athletic Park.

• Pete and Duncan, through Go Marlborough, are working on a series of Enduros. One of the events will take place from Athletic Park towards the Taylor River. This will be a fairly flat course and ideally suited to families.

• Duncan is thinking of bringing back the Moa Hunt event from Kaikoura to Blenheim. Commonwealth Gold Medallist Anton Cooper who won the event previously, has provided a range of dates on when he could attend to defend his title. The date will be advised once confirmed.

• Further events planned are the Grape Ride, Iron Man and Twilight Trial.


• On a recent trip Duncan noted that signs in Noosa pointing out shared pathways are working well. However, there must be an understanding of the obligations for both cyclist and pedestrian when sharing a pathway. Duncan has started using the bell on his bicycle to warn pedestrian of his approach and this has been well received by the pedestrians.

• Damian Stone a landscape architect specialising in building cycle tracks is coming on Thursday to scope a new pump track location, with Athletic Park being the preferred site.

• Duncan mentioned that if the co siting of the Marlborough Boys’ and Girls’ College is going ahead to include cycle paths in the design.

• Kevin advised that the Soup and Bun event last week was a great success with over 30 to 40 people attending.

• The other major event is the cross country event for 10, 30 and 40 km rides in 17 Valley on 1 March 2015.

• Council has a new events website called Follow-Me. Organisers can place their events on the website and it is useful to find out what is going on in the region.

• Marlborough Roads has been asked to liaise with this Group when new or upgrades to roads are planned so that cycle and pedestrian paths can be planned for in the design stage.

Grovetown/Spring Creek Cycle Path, BMW Cycle Trails Working Group, Mountain Bike Trails Progress – Trail Project Funding & Proposed Applications – Robin Dunn

• Cycle track to Grovetown - Resource consent for drainage on the first stage of the path is being prepared and the path construction tender has been sent out with the closing date being Thursday 18 September. The piping of the open drain makes up a good portion of the construction cost.

• The BikeWalk Working Group (BWWG) met on 6 August to discuss the Tourism Partnership Grant. Tracy from Destination Marlborough advised that this grant would not open now until after the election. This was seen as a positive as provides additional time to further scope the feasibility of the Fairhall Cycle Trail and prepare a funding application. Diane, the fund manager, is coming to visit in September which allows the Group to meet with her and receive guidance putting the application together.

• The BWWG also developed an assessment matrix to prioritise the various cycle trail projects on the list. Of all the potential off road cycle trails the SH 6 trail between Fox Island and Rapaura Road, and Alma Street and Foxes Island Road linkages are being considered first. Nautilus, has agreed in principal for the SH 6 Trail to pass through their land and potentially look at the ‘through the vineyards link’ in the future. The SH 6 Trail has been discussed with Fulton Hogan and has shown interest with the project. It was agreed by the group however, that tendering of the path construction was a fair way to give all contractors the opportunity and also seek sponsorship offers.

• Chris Mildon has provided new bike trail proposals for Victoria Domain and Wither Hills Farm Park. Chris also provided guidelines on trail building to minimise maintenance and ensure trails are sustainable. To build these trails will encourage more visitors to both Picton and Blenheim and is exciting news for the local mountain biking community also.

• Trail Project Funding – To complete the cycle trail from Grovetown to Spring Creek, Robin proposed to apply to the Bluegrass Trust for a grant of $35.000. Moved - Robyn Dunn, Seconded - Duncan Mackenzie. Carried.

• Trail Project Funding – For the State Highway 6 cycle trail, Robin proposed to apply to the Redwood Trust for a grant of $15.000. Moved - Robin Dunn, Seconded - Duncan Mackenzie. Carried.


BMW Trust – Member Update – Robin Dunn • Kevin requested clarification on the difference between the BMW Trust and the BWM Group. It was

explained that the Trust, being a ‘Charitable Trust’ has the ability to raise monies for projects planned by the BMW. As many of the trust members also make up the operational side of the BMW Group, it is more or less seamless and has the same objectives. This being said, the Trust is largely in the background.

• Robin moved that it is resolved that the following new trust members will be appointed subject to their consent, these being - Duncan Mackenzie, David Craig, Sonya Sutherland, Jo Hill, Brigid Forrest, Karen Walsh, Kevin Wilson, Lynne Haines, Ray Clearwater and Robyn Blackburn.

• It is also resolved that the following Trust members will be removed from the Trust being - Paul Millen, Kim Willemse, Anna Young, Robert Kennedy, John Craighead, John Pickering and the late Michael Cambridge.

The two motions were Carried (Moved - Robin Dunn, Seconded – Sonya Sutherland. Carried.

• It was noted that Brigid Forrest’s first name is spelt incorrectly in the Trust document. It is spelt Bridget but should be Brigid.

General Business • Terry mentioned that it was good to see that the cycle cage at the Marlborough Boys’ College has

such a high usage.

• No date has been set for the Mayoral Challenge.

• Peter Halligan will be attending in October a GoBike expo in Melbourne. This is a perfect opportunity to show case what Marlborough has to offer in terms of cycle ways.

Budget • The Group carried over $58.000 from last financial year to be used along with much of this year’s

budget for the Grovetown/ Spring Creek cycle trail.

• For this year’s budget the Group received $120.000. Potentially $20.000 has been earmarked to go towards State Highway 6 cycle trail. With construction of numerous other cycle trails proposed, external funding applications are being made to enable more trail construction work.

Correspondence A letter has been sent to DOC requesting cycle access along the Wairau Lagoons track.

Closure • The meeting closed at 2.10 pm. Robin thanked everyone who was able to attend this special

meeting.

Next Meeting The next meeting is to be held on Tuesday 23 September 2014 at 1.00 pm in the Committee Room, Marlborough District Council Offices.

Actions from Meeting

No. Action Person Responsible

1. Update on two new Bridges (Wairau & Grove) Andrew (NZTA)

Record No. 14179931

information package assets & services department · assets & services committee – 2...

Documents